Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong
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The heck? Quantum fields are completely lawful and sane. Only the higher levels of organization, i.e. human beings, are bugfuck crazy.
Behold, the Copenhagen Interpretation causes BRAIN DAMAGE.
As natural as QFT seems today, my understanding is that in 1960, before many of the classic texts in the domain were published, the ideas still seemed quite strange. We would do well to remember that when we set out to search for other truths which we do not yet grasp.
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Maybe, but the Big World idea causes much more severe damage, judging by the recent discussions here and elsewhere.